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MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY. 



among the occasional lecturers and visitors 

 must be numbered almost all the better 

 known biologists of this country and many 

 from foreign lands. 



As the outgrowth of a summer school it 

 might have been expected that the labora- 

 tory would give instruction in biological 

 subjects, and at its very beginning its 

 founders resolved that it should also give 

 opportunity for original research. The 

 combination of these two functions at the 

 Laboratory has been a peculiarly fortunate 

 one. It has been proved, not only here, but 

 also in many universities and scientific in- 

 stitutions, that research and teaching are 

 of mutual service. A certain amount of 

 teaching is stimulating to the investigator, 

 while the atmosphere of research is indis- 

 pensable to good teaching. 



When the Laboratory was first estab- 

 lished instruction was given in Zoology 

 only, since then courses have been added 



and instructors, but also to the atmosphere 

 of investigation which prevades the jjlace 

 and which is one of the most helpful fea- 

 tures to the beginner, as well as to the ad- 

 vanced worker. Instruction includes not 

 only ordinary laboratory work in the sub- 

 ject named, but also a great deal of obser- 

 vation and collection of living organisms 

 in their natural haunts. Collecting trips 

 and excursions form a regular part of the 

 work, and a most important and enjoyable 

 part. Investigators and even visitors at 

 the Laboratory cheerfully contribute to the 

 work of instruction, and so it generally 

 happens that the lectures are given by men 

 who are specialists in the subjects nnder 

 consideration and who are able to teach 

 with the enthusiasm, accuracy and direct- 

 ness of 'those having authoi'ity.' When 

 it is remembered that the persons in at- 

 tendance at the laboratory are almost with- 

 out exception teachers, the tremendous in- 



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Fig. 3. Fish Commissiou Buililiugs, Wharf ami Steamer; one of the Marine Biological Laboratory Buiklir 



on the right. 



in Botany, Embryology, Physiology and it 

 is understood that Comparative Psychologj' 

 and Nature Study will form a part of the 

 regular program hereafter. In these courses 

 there is an earnestness and enthusiasm on 

 the part of students and instructors which 

 is highly stimulating. This is due not only 

 to the exceptional character of the students 



fluence of the Laboratory on the teaching 

 of I?iolog3^ in the schools, colleges and uni- 

 versities of this country can be surmised. 



In 1891 a Supply Department was opened 

 at the Laboratorj' for the purpose of fur- 

 nishing to schools and scientific institutions 

 various kinds of biological material to be 

 found in the vicinity' of Woods IIoll. The 



